Mop-wringer.



R. A. BRACE.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION man Nov. 9. 14911.

Pateutd June 1L w18.

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` i Specification of Letters Patent.

niciiann A. rancia, on rULroNviLLn,` NEW Ybnir, nssieNOn TO .WHITE MOP WRINGER ,cOi/iriiNY, or FULTONVILLE, NEwYORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK,

Patented June ii, i918.

`Application filed November 9, 1917.` Serial No. 201,020.

To fwzjomztmay concern Be it known that I, RICHARD A. BRAOE,

citizen of the United States, residing `at Fultonville, county of Montgomery, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful lImprovement in `MopWringers, a

, and` declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact descriptionof `the same, such `as willenable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part oflthis specification.

lMy invention relates to lzmop Wringers shown in the `accompanying drawings and more particularly described in the following speciication and claims.

One of the objects ofthis invention is an improvement in the general construction and operation of the mop Wringer on which U. S, Patent NO. 976,238 -was granted to Hubert C. White on 22nd day of November,

Another purpose of this invention is to reducel the cost of manufacture Without diminishing the efficiency of the invention.`

Another object ofthe invention is to pro vide means for guiding the lower edge of the mop upon being placed between the presser boards that it maynot` becomej entangled between thellower edge ofl the presser board and the bottom board-upon actuating the movable presser board. i By referring to the drawings in the lVhite patent it willbe seen that the aims of the rock shaft,to which the toggle mechanism for operating` the presser board is pivotally connected,are in radial alinement `with the arin at the end ofthe rock shaft to which the operating lever is bolted. Itwill therefore be obvious that in order to drillthe hole in each of the rocker arms to, receive the pivot for therespective tOggle mecha-` nism connected therewith, a drill must be provided of suiiicient length to reach from rocker arm to rocker arm, as the holes kcan only be drilled from oneend of the shaft because of the operating levei` arm at the opposite end of the `shaft being inradial alinement with said rocker arms. It has therefore required a relatively long drill to perform this operation which frequently breaks, greatly adding to the cost of production. It has also been found in actual practice that greater care must be exercised cured with a sufficient offset to admit of drilling a hole in the rocker arm from the end of the shaft nearest the respective arm,---` thus a shorter drill may Ybe employed with less liability of breakageand with greater production for a given period.

Anotherffeature of the invention consists in constructing the bell crank lever of the toggle mechanism with projecting lugs to serve in place of the loose pivot pins formerly employed. The lugs on the bell crank, which is preferably made of malleable iron, may thus be burred when the parts are as-` sembled to prevent accidental disengagement. This also cheapens the cost of manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in i i details of construction `hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes maybe made in the precise embodiment herein disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 11 isl a perspective view of the mop wringer as it would appear supported on the rim of a pail,indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rock shaft and the bell crank toggle mechanism.

Referring now to the letters of reference placed upon the drawings:

A, A, are side frames or brackets pro device away 'from the presser board," as' willV formedu of woo/d. e e v IF, are springs between the depend'in'gillegs A2, aii'd them swinging jmembersfl), servingv t' forcethe presser 'boards apart :in po'sition toreeive'trhe mop between' 'thenif Y ind'icates'a Vroclrshaft supportedby the sidefframes A, A. e t e e Adjacent 'to ea'chend ofthe rocker 'shaft is e a'rocke'r: arnr'G", integral therewith: Piv

otalljficonhetdtwith"ealeh'frockei' arni is ayk lin'lrfH, in' tnrhy respeetively pivoted to a bell c'ranharm I; Theo posite end ofthe bellI crank arms 'Lleare pivotally connected with thesvi'nlgingf[members`D, lugs I', integral "ithfthfe", bell "c1-ank 'arms and which maybe burredwheii the parts fare assem` bledy tofinsnreagainst displacement. i t thre'fend o'f the rock shaft is"airarm1 G21,'integral"therewith to which isfboltled anrofveratig leveiVGa.` 1n the present con? structionj 'tl1efar1`ii'*(}", isfollset from radial alineiiierit` with therocker arins Gr', in order thatthe holes provided in theulattcrto 'recivefthejjpi'vots ofthe connecting links lol, may` be drilled :t'rf'in'i'-each en'd" of the rockshaft without 'interference with' lthe arm :is .Jwbttom boi 'Sel'd te" a Pflo jeitingfarmuot the sivin'girngjmemb'er eX` tending-beneath the projectinglip"C', of thefpresserplate' n `Having indicated th'e' several parts by refi erence letters, the construction Iand opera` tin ofthe` device will be reaclily" understood. Upon insert-ing a `mop between the presser bo'ardsith'e projectingli'p C', at the lower edgedf the'presse'r board C, servesto directfthe free` en'dl df the mop away from thexd' 'presserboard that the n'iop may not become entangled between theedge of the bottom board and the presser board'when operating the leverI The'operationofthelever G3, serves to force the presser boards together, thereby forcingtheA water ont of the mop through the perforations in the presser board and cupiswfthis lpatent may'be obtained fr five cents eaeinby addressing Washington; D. G.

mayybedrilled from the end of `the"gshat acentto the respective rocker arm, therebyperinittingthuse of a relatively short drill and reducing the cost dueto breakage and time required to performf the operation So also the rivets connecting thejrockerarm adjacent to ,the4 operating leverfmay`V Jbeiivet headed: 'withl 'a riveting machine instead of l hand jas "require'dl'iiderf the" construction shown inthe l/Vhite"wringerreferred" to inJv the opening" paragraph df this"^`specicatighi;I 'thus described my invehtionQwhat witlr Lmeans to .engage the" Wall* Vof: apail'; l a

presser board e carried .by" theV side frames, swinging members "pivoted "to"t he"fV frames carrying` a "presser board, af'shat j'ournale'd in the frame having rocker arinsspaoed apart Y and also fi'omjtlreeiids-oif theshaft with a holein leach arm in'axiallalineinent to recelivelithe. pin oftoggle"` lever mechanism, and withan operatiiigarm at one endojf the shaft offset from radial ali'nement` `with the rocker arms and also'laterillytherefrom, whereby the `pivot holes in the latter `may be drilledflfroni. each end'offthe shaft,L 'and toggley lever mecliaiiisn' pivoted'tto said rocker' arms and tol said 'swiinging members;

2.' `In *a mop 'wringer, afraihe'having `a presser plate, swinging 1ne`mbers pitvo'ted to the frame and providedfwith af presser board, a shaft' j ournaled in the` `1tram`e` and provided 'at pointefspacjed"fromits 'ends with spaeedroeker arms havinghles at their outer portions; an 1koperatingarm located at oneA end tofth'e 'shaft in sp'aoed 'relation with the a'djacent rocl'erfarh'i andV also spaced laterally therefrom to permit the said'hol'es in the roeker armsftdbe drilled ro'nrea'ch end of "the shaft; and means `for conneeting theswinging members with the rocker arms havingpivots arranged in the`hol'es of the latter.: e e

In testimony whereof, T this specification' in the/presence 'of two witnessesi RICHARD A; BRACE. VVitn'ess'esv: l

O. T. CONABLE, JAYIRVING. 

